Smith with a bad game, but he only played 22 minutes. That team is doing everything possible to tank.

#benched

‘Careless Plays’ Were At The Center Of The Knicks’ Latest Home Loss

New York had 23 turnovers on Friday, which took away any chance to climb back into the game.

“That was the number I wrote on the board for the guys after the game,” Fizdale said. “Careless plays. You can’t give the ball away 23 times.”

Fizdale was exasperated in the moment, and so were the players doing all that turning over.

Fizdale said the Timberwolves “put more focus” on Dotson in the other three quarters, so Fizdale took him out of the game as the lineup shuffled in an effort to get something going. Smith sat long stretches in favor of Mudiay in the fourth quarter, and Fizdale said it was about getting things going as much as anything.

“Mud started getting it going,” Fizdale said. “I just rolled with it.”